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Jason Michael Brescia (born June 19, 1986) is an American writer-director from
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, New York.


Early life

Brescia grew up in
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, but his family moved to nearby
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, when he was a teenager. Brescia attended
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, a private
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school in
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, where he was voted "Most Humorous" by his peers in the school's 2004 yearbook. As a senior at Kellenberg, Brescia appeared on the February 26, 2004 cover of ''
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'', at the time one of the ten most circulated newspapers in the United States of America,"Three New York Moguls in Talks to Buy Newsday"
, by Tim Arango and Richard Pérez-Peña, March 21, 2008
because of a pilgrimage the school took to see the
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film, ''
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''. In 2006 Brescia enrolled at
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in
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, where he studied film production at the school's
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. In 2008, Brescia received the school's
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award for "Best Undergraduate Director." It was also at Chapman that Brescia began working on his first feature film, '' The Newest Pledge''.


Career


''The Newest Pledge''

In 2010, Brescia went into production on his first feature film, The Newest Pledge. The film was made on a small budget, was produced by his longtime friends and colleagues Bob Burton, Nate McGarity, and Bryson Pintard, and starred mostly college friends of Brescia. During the production of the film, the producers asked Brescia to write in roles for
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,
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, G. W. Bailey, and
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, to help ensure that the film received distribution. The film premiered at the
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on October 30, 2010, and was later screened at the Wet Your Pants Comedy Film Festival in
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, the
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Comedy Film Festival, and Indie Fest USA in
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. Shortly after a private screening at Cinema Village in New York City, the film was acquired by
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for domestic distribution. On August 28, 2012, two years after the film had wrapped production, ''The Newest Pledge'' was released across North America. In 2014 the film was released in
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. In January 2015, "The Newest Pledge" began airing on the
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.


''Bridge and Tunnel''

In December 2012, Brescia went into production on his second feature film, ''Bridge and Tunnel''. The film wrapped production in August 2013, and began appearing in film festivals around the world in May 2014. In May 2014, the film began appearing on the film festival circuit in the US. The film gained acceptances into the
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, Long Beach International Film Festival,
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,
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, Emerge Film Festival, Laugh or Die Comedy Film Festival, Northeast Film Festival,
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, Paterson Falls Film Festival, Catskill Mountains Film Festival, Maryland International Film Festival, and Central Florida Film Festival. The film had a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles, opening on September 26, 2014 and in
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, where the film opened on September 11, 2015. On February 2, 2016 ''Bridge and Tunnel'' was released across
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platforms such as
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, and
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.


''(Romance) In The Digital Age''

On February 27, 2016, Brescia went into production on his third feature film, '' (Romance) In the Digital Age'' The film tells the story of a once-famous
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band who reunite at the wedding of one of the band's ex-members. The film stars Chris Warren Jr., LOLO,
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, as well as ''Bridge and Tunnel'' co-stars Chris Viemeister and Joe Murphy and is a holiday-musical, featuring original music from members of
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,
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, Ozma, and
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. The movie was filmed exclusively in
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, and
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, two towns in Brescia's native
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. In June 2017 it was announced by ''
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'' that the film had been acquired by
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for global distribution. In August 2017 the film premiered at the Long Beach International Film Festival where it received the Joan Jett Music Award for "Best Music". On November 3, 2017, the film had a screening in
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featuring a concert afterwards featuring John Nolan and LOLO performing songs from the film's soundtrack. The following night in Amityville, Nolan and LOLO performed full sets at soundtrack release show. On November 7, 2017 ''(Romance) In The Digital Age'' was released worldwide on VOD. That night the film also screened in
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at the Regal Cinema at
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.


Other work

In 2008, Brescia directed a music video for the song "Loud" by
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. Brescia has directed three music videos for John Nolan: The 2014 music video "Here Comes The Wolf," the 2015 music video for "American Nightclub 1999," and the 2017 music video for "Lost With You." In 2018, Brescia produced the new entrance music "Superkick Party" for the
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and
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tag team,
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. The song premiered at
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, and has had continued usage by tag team in
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. In 2023 the song was featured in the AEW video game
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.


References


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brescia, Jason Michael 1986 births Living people Film directors from New York (state) People from Valley Stream, New York People from Malverne, New York Chapman University alumni